SOLD (for JULIA) - Antique Cigar Silk Quilt with 47 Different Cigar Ribbons semiotics S during the late 19th

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7 1/4" in diameter and 1 7/8" tall

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SOLD (for JULIA) - Antique Cigar Silk Quilt with 47 Different Cigar Ribbons semiotics S during the late 19thI keep snatching these antique cigar ribbon quilts when I find them, as I think they are just stunning. How wise and resourceful of it was for women not to let cigar silks ribbons go to waste, especially brilliant gold ones like these. (Meanwhile, their fathers or husbands were cutting and carving up the cigar boxes to make tramp art frames and the like.) I love the range of silks incorporated into this one (47 different brands by my count) delivering